Katie Rose Pryal

Katie Rose Pryal, J.D., Ph.D., tells stories about the outsiders, the misfits, and the beautifully complicated. She is a bipolar-autistic author, keynote speaker, educator, and expert in mental health and neurodiversity.

Her award-winning nonfiction books on neurodiversity and mental health include YOUR KID BELONGS HERE: An Insider's Guide to Parenting Neurodiverse Children (Johns Hopkins, 2025), the IPPY-winning A LIGHT IN THE TOWER: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education (University Press of Kansas, 2024), and many more.

She loves a great romance novel, and she writes them, too. Check out ENTANGLEMENT (Blue Osprey, 2015), the IPPY-winning TAKE YOUR CHARMING SOMEWHERE ELSE (Blue Osprey, 2021), and more.

She lives in North Carolina with her two children, two horses, a houseful of adopted pets, and one outstanding spouse.